Now that she knew what it was, it made perfect sense. Physically anyway. Medically, it was so obvious she laughed at herself and wondered how she could have missed it and still call herself a medic.
It made no sense at all.
How was it even possible? A voice in her head snickered, explaining; 'When a man and a woman love each other very much... Or sometimes not very much. Sometimes not at all.'
She tried to shut that voice up. She knew how it had happened; it just seemed so unreal. There was a thing – a child growing inside of her. A child that belonged to her, and to Gaara.
She felt faint suddenly.
What would she tell him? How would he react? She wondered, would he be happy? If he was happy, then maybe she would finally be able to feel something other than shock about this thing.
This thing. This baby.
"Holy shit." She breathed, and jumped up and down a few times, trying to relieve some of the tension in her stomach. Passer bys stared at her strangely, but she hardly noticed. She was full of this idea, this strange feeling.